Games Completed - August

PS3:

1. Battlefield 3
2. Infamous: Festival of Blood
3. Max Payne 3

360:

1. DMC: Devil May Cry

PC:

1. Saint's Row: The Third
2. Hitman: Absolution
3. Papers Please
4. Medal of Honor (2010)

Vita:

1. Rayman: Origins 

Games Completed - July

PS3:

1. Journey

3DS:

1. New Super Mario Bros 2

PC:

1. Mirror's Edge
2. The Walking Dead

Games Completed - June

PS3:

1. Heavy Rain
2. Haze
3. [Prototype 2]

Vita:

1. Guacamelee

Wii:

1. House of the Dead: Overkill

PC:

1. XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Normal, non-ironman)
2. Far Cry 3
3. Bioshock Infinite
4. Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers
5. Little Inferno
6. Offspring Fling

3DS

1. Streetpass Quest 2

Monthly summuary - May

The "Reboot of the year" Award

Tomb Raider

Keeping with the tradional gameplay with room size puzzles and massively improving the platforming and action, without too much dumbing down, TR2013 is probably one of the most enjoyable action and story romps of the year. Would play again/purchase sequel. Get it on PC for the best experience.

The "Hardly a game" Award

Dear Esther

There is no gameplay other than walking and occasionally walking the wrong direction. The story makes hardly any sense unless you read into it far too much. Not worthless, but only for the connoisseurs of the strange and weird.

And the rest:

Machinarium + Samorost 2: Not the best point and click adventures games I've played, but there is a lot to love and they've been borderline free several times. Do try them at least.

Bushido Blade: Completed story mode with one character. A very strange and creative fighting game, but I'm guessing the sequel is better. The one shot kills were sometimes unfair. Sometimes...

Games completed - May

PC

1. Tomb Raider (2013)
2. Dear Esther
3. Machinarium
4. Samorost 2
5. Bushido Blade

On track for May

I'll be killing off the "In progress" posts because I find them annoying. In its place will be a shorter list of things I am playing that I am fairly certain will be complete by the end of the month.

1. Haze
2. Far Cry 3
3. Bioshock Infinite
4. Fire Emblem Awakening
5. Tomb Raider (2013)

Monthly Summary - April

Forgot to publish this one so it's a week late.

The "Crowning moment of epic JRPG" Award

Tales of Graces f 

Took me somewhere between 30 and 40 hours, and it was totally worth it. I haven't completed many JRPGs but games with this sort of quality make me want to try harder. Got a tad too hard at the end, but it was easily alleviated by changing the level of difficulty. Utterly awesome! Get it on PS3

The "Like a surgeon" Award

Surgeon Simulator 2013 

You control a hand with the mouse. You control the fingers on the hand with the A, W, E, R and Space keys. Now do surgery on an operating table with somewhat realistic physics. Good. Get it on PC, via Steam.

The "Boxing day" Award

Thomas was alone

A character drama starring colored rectangles. It's an indie puzzle platformer that doesn't outstay its welcome and has a lovely narrator. Good times! Available on everything with a screen.

And the rest:

Dishonored: Very fun, but annoyingly limited in that you're punished for doing the killing itself. The problem is that your non-lethal options are limited to choking and sleep darts. One is cumbersome and one is slow. The story is fine, but more open areas with more assassination targets would have been more enjoyable in my opinion. Get in on anything with a screen.

DLC Quest: Another indie platformer that lampoons the current state of DLC in games. Perfectly short and very cheap. Get it on Steam or directly from the developer.


The Cave: Ron Gilbert's adventure puzzler. I played as the Time Traveler, the Scientist and the Adventurer. It's good fun, and I got it for free via PS+, I do think however that it would've been far more enjoyable, were it an old school point and click adventure. Possibly in the same fashion as Day of the Tentacle or indeed Maniac Mansion. Get it on everything with a screen.